Tom McCarthy

Poet, songwriter and White House Poetry Revival sessions MC (with Barney Sheehan as backup).

Born: Limerick (currently resident in Clare).

2014

November 24

Launch of   Tom McCarthy's memoir

' Susie's Son - A Memoir in verse and prose '

POEM

(1) (a selected stanza)

My Last Season

Look at you standing there all spruced and cocky,

Swaying your attributes in front of me

Like a peacock in full plumage .../

POEM

(2) (a selected stanza)

Grandad

(A tribute to Mister James (Jimmy) Enright)

Final is not death, even though it is inevitable.

Final is when all relatives of the deceased fade into oblivion.

Final is not sleeping ... /

POEM

(3) (a selected stanza)

Live every day as if it were your last

If I thought

I could turn back the clock

Would I,

And for what reason? ... /

See also:- Bernard 'Barney' Sheehan